Many people whom I consider rather intelligent have sworn off this forum because every time they dip into it they find it to be a pool filled with childish arguing rather than thoughtful discussion. I'm inclined to agree with this assessment.

Well as of now I've decided to start cleaning up. I will be either locking or removing future posts that are childish or inflammatory, at my discretion. Obviously, this being a political forum, there'll be a good deal of slack in what's considered childish and inflammatory, as this is the general nature of most politics.

I haven't often intervened (in fact, I can't remember when last I did) in arguments for concern of censoring too much. However, the current paradigm of complete lack of intervention clearly hasn't resulted in a forum I want to read anymore. As such, one should ask one's self before each post, "Is this a reasoned argument for my position or am I simply attacking another position without having thought it through?"